Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/United States and Canada task force
![]() |
Project pages |
---|
|
Welcome to the United States and Canada task force of WikiProject Football.
Goals
edit- Improve the quality of the articles for the United States and Canadian national teams
- Improve the quality of the articles pertaining to the football leagues of the United States and Canada
- Improve the quality of articles for the players of the United States and Canada
- Improve the quality of the articles for the coaches and other influential people associated with the game
Scope
editThe United States and Canada taskforce covers:
- All clubs, leagues and competitions from the United States and Canada, and associated articles.
- Football organizations in the United States and Canada.
- Players and managers that are American or Canadian, or have played for an American or Canadian club.
- Stadiums in the United States or Canada.
- Matches played in the United States or Canada.
- Articles associated with the United States and Canada national teams.
Not to be included:
- International competitions or matches.
To Do
edit- Improve existing important articles that need further development. Priorities are:
- Improve Top Importance articles to at least B class. (See complete table below). For example:
- Tag related articles to include the USA=yes or Canada=yes parameters
- Identify new articles for creation
- Review importance and quality of existing articles
- Recruit interested Wikipedians
Assessment
edit- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Assessment for further information.
Soccer in the United States and Canada articles by quality and importance | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
FL | 14 | 14 | |||||
GA | 1 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 107 | ||
B | 4 | 17 | 71 | 114 | 206 | ||
C | 7 | 37 | 408 | 866 | 1,318 | ||
Start | 1 | 21 | 1,233 | 8,278 | 2 | 15 | 9,550 |
Stub | 3 | 520 | 10,201 | 1 | 18 | 10,743 | |
List | 1 | 26 | 499 | 1 | 3 | 530 | |
Category | 1 | 5,529 | 5,530 | ||||
Disambig | 11 | 11 | |||||
File | 384 | 384 | |||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 5 | 5 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 545 | 547 | ||||
Template | 3 | 1,115 | 1,118 | ||||
NA | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Other | 5 | 5 | |||||
Assessed | 13 | 96 | 2,300 | 20,041 | 7,604 | 36 | 30,090 |
Unassessed | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 13 | 96 | 2,300 | 20,041 | 7,604 | 37 | 30,091 |
Participants
editTo become a member of this task force, add your username by going to the bottom of the list below and typing in:
# {{User|your username}}
This user is a member of the Soccer in the United States and Canada task force. |
You can then add this banner to your user page by copying and pasting the following:
{{User WikiProject Football (soccer) in the USA and Canada}}
- Boylanj64 (talk · contribs)
- Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs)
- Greatness21 (talk · contribs)
- Elliskev (talk · contribs)
- Flavallee (talk · contribs) History of Football
- TFCforever (talk · contribs)
- Mattythewhite (talk · contribs)
- Minfo (talk · contribs)
- Otav347 (talk · contribs)
- Paulbrock (talk · contribs)
- Shootmaster 44 (talk · contribs)
- Che84 (talk · contribs)
- MichiganCharms (talk · contribs)
- JonBroxton (talk · contribs) USL1, USL2, PDL, NPSL and W-League specifically
- Bill Oaf (talk · contribs)
- NeilCanada (talk · contribs)
- Greecepwns (talk · contribs)
- Grant.Alpaugh (talk · contribs)
- Tyciol (talk · contribs)
- GauchoDude (talk · contribs) Articles relating to UC Santa Barbara men's soccer, MLS Notability, Women's Professional Soccer
- Coppercanuck (talk · contribs) Canadian Soccer, CanPL
- The.Narko (talk · contribs)
- Vintrino (talk · contribs)
- Bluezy816 (talk · contribs) CSL
- Morry32 (talk · contribs) MLS Kansas City Wizards
- Hodj222 (talk · contribs)
- Shotgun pete (talk · contribs) CSL and USL
- Wnorton (talk · contribs)
- Nav (talk · contribs)
- Micro101 (talk · contribs)
- Denc01 (talk · contribs)
- Antoinefcb (talk · contribs) (2010 Seattle Sounders FC season)
- Simianvector (talk · contribs) (US Open Cup)
- DemonJuice (talk · contribs)
- FireBird1138 (talk · contribs)
- Miles Blues (talk · contribs)
- Bjornpax (talk · contribs) 2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, 2010 Major League Soccer season, 2010 U.S. Open Cup, Seattle Sounders FC
- Birkenburg (talk · contribs)
- Aron1024 (talk · contribs) MLS Toronto FC
- Acmilan10italia (talk · contribs) MLS Transfers 2010, 2011
- Cliftonian (talk · contribs), New York Cosmos and NASL
- Fopam (talk · contribs)
- CShine (talk · contribs) NPSL and NASL
- Charlesquebec (talk · contribs) Montreal Impact and Canadian Teams in the USL W-League
- Patrickneil (talk · contribs) D.C. United and international FIFA tournaments
- Wilsonodk (talk · contribs) NASL and Atlanta Silverbacks
- Par petites touches (talk · contribs) Women's Professional Soccer and W-League
- ViggoVickers (talk · contribs)
- One95 (talk · contribs) Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- InTheAM (talk · contribs)
- SirEdimon (talk · contribs)
- Darius Tor (talk · contribs)
- Zonkedhombre83 (talk · contribs) San Jose Earthquakes
- Fhurion (talk · contribs) USL Pro, USL PDL, USL A-League, NASL, Canadian Soccer League; associated clubs, Toronto FC
- ArsenalFan700 (talk · contribs) I will focus mainly on the New York Red Bulls and improving lower-division soccer articles for the US and Canada. I will also do my fair bit in helping with MLS and US/Canadian soccer overall.
- Nurmsook (talk · contribs) History of professional soccer in Vancouver (Royals, Whitecaps, etc.)
- Christiangamer7 (talk · contribs) I will focus mainly on articles related to the San Jose Earthquakes and other Bay Area soccer teams
- Mathboy965 (talk · contribs) Real Salt Lake, especially the current season
- Fulner (talk · contribs)
- Quidster4040 (talk · contribs) D.C. United, Richmond Kickers, US Open Cup, Collegiate soccer, Old soccer history
- Elisfkc (talk · contribs) Sporting Kansas City, Orlando City S.C., FC Kansas City (Home page, current season, templates and more for all), & 2013 MLS All-Star Game
- JustDerek (talk · contribs)
- bluemoon6790 (talk · contribs)
- bes2224 (talk · contribs) MASL, MISL II & III
- lordfuzzz (talk · contribs) Los Angeles Galaxy Current Season
- Skotywa (talk · contribs) Seattle Sounders FC related articles, focused on elevating them to GA/FA content level
- NYCWikiKid (talk · contribs) NASL, NPSL, USA, and all of its history and relating clubs. As well as all New York metropolitan area soccer clubs including New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, New York Cosmos, and Sky Blue FC.
- Hmlarson (talk · contribs)
- Gamemaster eleven (talk · contribs) Will be mainly focusing on articles related to Indy Eleven (team stats, player Bios, new players, etc...)
- Soopafred (talk · contribs) Mostly on Canadian pro teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton)
- Landsend62 (talk · contribs) US Open Cup, MLS and NASL San Jose Earthquakes, and SF Bay Blackhawks
- American Money (talk · contribs) NASL mostly
- SwahiliChese (talk · contribs)
- udeezy (talk · contribs) Sounders and MLS General
- Slyty3000 (talk · contribs) Sporting Kansas City, NCAA Division I Men's Soccer, Big East Conference Men's Soccer
- Gopherbashi (talk · contribs) - Canadian Div 3 (L1O, PLSQ)
- Dy-lanthedane (talk · contribs)
- Mikeylito (talk · contribs) US Soccer pyramid, esp. MLS, LA Galaxy, NYCFC
- Dayvid Beckham (talk · contribs)
- Cepiolot (talk · contribs)
- AF4JM (talk · contribs)
- somanytictoc (talk · contribs)
- Pirmas697 (talk · contribs) - Detroit City FC in specific, National Independent Soccer Association in general; midwest soccer; all things kits
- GTWeasel (talk · contribs) - Nashville FC and Volunteer Shield
- Soccerfan1996 (talk · contribs)
- Spike789 (talk · contribs)
- TheScottDL (talk · contribs)
- Loftybunch1 (talk · contribs)
- Keskkonnakaitse (talk · contribs) - Cleveland SC, Cleveland Ambassadors, Canadian national teams
- Jay eyem (talk · contribs)
- Tyrsan (talk · contribs) - Minnesota United FC
- Jith12 (talk · contribs) - Toronto FC, Canada men, Canada women, Canada youth, Canada futsal, Canadian players and CanPL (one day) (Will edit anything though!)
- A Lenz with no contact (talk · contribs)
- MattBinYYC (talk · contribs) - Canadian Premier League, Cavalry FC primarily with other pages as I can.
- bdavies26 (talk · contribs)
- rscott187 (talk · contribs) - Canadian story history
- Gatorinator (talk · contribs) - Sporting Kansas City, Swope Park Rangers
- EclecticArkie (talk · contribs) - USL and MLS club season pages
- Roqxwalker (talk · contribs) - NPSL Founders Cup and USL
- Dancreel (talk · contribs)
- Seba Alfaro (talk · contribs)
- The Neon Narwhal (talk · contribs) - Referee information and appointments
- KingSkyLord (talk · contribs)
- TrailBlzr (talk · contribs) - CPL, Canadian MLS teams
- SHISHIR DUA (talk · contribs)-Coverin' the updates and modyfyin' them
- Jogosoccer (talk · contribs) – Keeping up appearances
- 23dww01 (talk · contribs) - Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota teams. Also national teams and Washington Spirit.
- Kelsiesmith7 (talk · contribs) - Biographies, mostly for women's soccer
- siddfinch21 (talk · contribs) - USLC, New Mexico United
- YellowAries2010 (talk · contribs) - I am a fan of American and Canadian soccer in general. Plus, I'm fascinated by the organization of soccer in these countries, which have to compete against other sports for popularity. So I am interested in leagues, federations, and front offices. Basically, I could show up anywhere.
- TsugaPseudo (talk · contribs) - USL Championship, New Mexico United, USL2
- NoahRiffe (talk · contribs) - Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
- ShadowBallX2 (talk · contribs) - Just gonna help anywhere I can.
- Anwegmann (talk · contribs) - Interested in Americans playing abroad, especially dual nationals, youth players, and those playing in lower leagues and/or for lesser-known clubs. Love updating stats and being a stickler for "is an American soccer player" and "Use American English".
- Ajax.amsterdam.fan (talk · contribs) - Going to update lesser-known teams, many different College soccer articles, update stats for less-popular players
- Dode222 (talk · contribs) - Interested in Minnesota United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Minneapolis City SC, and their respective stadiums.
- North American soccer fan (talk · contribs) - American and Canadian soccer
- Dazzling4 (talk · contribs)
- Wiser CJay (talk · contribs) - Mainly US Soccer pyramid, MLS, LAFC
- Pace2Pace (talk · contribs)
- Demt1298 (talk · contribs)
- BK2011 (talk · contribs) - Mainly USLC teams/players/seasons.
- Gegenpresser (talk · contribs) Sporting KC, SKC II, KC Current, general MLS
- PGIBS039 (talk · contribs) Atlético Ottawa, general CanPL
- Cm27 (talk · contribs)
- GenieGenie25 (talk · contribs)
- Ookap (talk · contribs)
- I am wordsmyth (talk · contribs) Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
- Brindille1 (talk · contribs) Primarily New England Revolution, also USL to Portland, RIFC, Hartford Athletic
- Jhunt1123 (talk · contribs) - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
- Solas25 (talk · contribs) Hartford Athletic, USLC
- Red0ctober22 (talk · contribs)
- Haruhi8 (talk · contribs) - Primary focused on the USLC
Article alerts
editDid you know
- 02 Aug 2024 – Canadian Premier League inaugural match (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by I am wordsmyth (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 17 Aug 2024 – Trevor Morley (soccer) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 15 Aug 2024 – Coleman Gannon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
Proposed deletions
- 17 Aug 2024 – Thomas Ramos (soccer) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JTtheOG (t · c): No evidence of notability for this American former soccer player. Fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT.
- 17 Aug 2024 – Damion Lewis (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JTtheOG (t · c): No evidence of notability for this American former soccer player. Fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT.
- 17 Aug 2024 – Christian Onalfo (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JTtheOG (t · c): I am unable to find anything approaching WP:SIGCOV for this American former soccer. He made two pro appearances before disappearing.
Categories for discussion
- 13 Aug 2024 – Category:Southwestern Assemblies of God Lions men's soccer players (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Jweiss11 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Aug 2024 – Category:American and Canadian soccer championship-winning seasons (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RedBlueGreen93 (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 26 Jun 2024 – MLS Cup 2022 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by SounderBruce (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 26 Mar 2024 – New England Revolution in international competition (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Brindille1 (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Jan 2024 – 2008 North American SuperLiga final (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Brindille1 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 13 Aug 2024 – MLS is Back Tournament Final (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to MLS is Back tournament final by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Aug 2024 – MLS is Back Tournament (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to MLS is Back tournament by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2021 USL Championship Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2021 USL Championship playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2022 USL Championship Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2022 USL Championship playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2020 USL Championship Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2020 USL Championship playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2023 USL Championship Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2023 USL Championship playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2019 USL Championship Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2019 USL Championship playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2018 USL Cup Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2018 USL Cup playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – 2017 USL Cup Playoffs (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2017 USL Cup playoffs by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 11 Aug 2024 – Henry Kissinger (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Vinnylospo (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jun 2024 – NWSL awards (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hameltion (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jan 2024 – History of Vancouver Whitecaps FC (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by RedBlueGreen93 (t · c); see discussion
Guidelines
editTagging and assessment
editAny articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with {{Football}}. You should add USA = yes
or Canada = yes
as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories.
Categories
editUserbox template
edit{{User WikiProject Football (soccer) in the USA and Canada}}
{{User WikiProject Football (soccer) in the USA and Canada}} |
Popular pages
editFeatured/Good content
editThis is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Soccer in the United States and Canada task force articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
- Featured articles
- Featured lists
- All-time Austin Aztex FC roster
- Best MLS Player ESPY Award
- List of MLS Cup finals
- List of New England Revolution managers
- List of New England Revolution seasons
- List of New York Cosmos (1970–1985) all-stars
- List of New York Cosmos (1970–1985) seasons
- List of Seattle Reign FC seasons
- List of Seattle Sounders FC players
- List of Seattle Sounders FC seasons
- List of international goals scored by Abby Wambach
- List of international goals scored by Clint Dempsey
- List of international goals scored by Landon Donovan
- Former featured lists
- Good articles
- 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup final
- 2011 D.C. United season
- 2019 U.S. Open Cup final
- 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final
- 2023 Seattle Sounders FC season
- Abby Wambach
- Adrian Alston
- Alex Morgan
- Andrea Pirlo
- Ashlyn Harris
- Becky Sauerbrunn
- Carli Lloyd
- Charlotte FC
- Christine Sinclair
- Clara Schilke
- Conner Cappelletti
- Connor Maloney
- Crystal Dunn
- D.C. United
- Darren O'Dea
- David Villa
- Denise O'Sullivan
- Derek Dougan
- Didier Drogba
- Drew Carey
- Eddie Johnson (English footballer)
- Edward Opoku
- Erin McLeod
- Fred Pepper
- Gary Mills (footballer, born 1961)
- Georgios Samaras
- Gordon Banks
- Graham Hawkins
- Harrison Afful
- Hope Solo
- Ian Feuer
- James Crumley (footballer)
- Jess Fishlock
- Jim Baxter
- John Mousinho
- Jon Challinor
- Jon Kempin
- Julie Ertz
- Katie Chapman
- Keelin Winters
- Kenwyne Jones
- Kim Little
- Kirk Urso
- Las Vegas Lights FC
- Lauren Holiday
- Liam Miller
- Lionel Messi
- Luis Argudo
- MLS Cup 1997
- MLS Cup 1998
- MLS Cup 2000
- MLS Cup 2001
- MLS Cup 2002
- MLS Cup 2003
- MLS Cup 2004
- MLS Cup 2005
- MLS Cup 2006
- MLS Cup 2007
- MLS Cup 2008
- MLS Cup 2009
- MLS Cup 2016
- MLS Cup 2017
- MLS Cup 2018
- MLS Cup 2020
- MLS Cup 2022
- Major League Soccer
- Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
- Marcelo Gallardo
- Marcus Haber
- Maribel Domínguez
- Martyn Lancaster
- Mary Wittenberg
- McKenzie Berryhill
- Megan Rapinoe
- Mia Hamm
- Miguel Comminges
- Mike Avery
- Mimis Papaioannou
- Nani (footballer)
- New York Cosmos (1970–1985)
- Niko Hansen
- Patrick Mullins
- Pelé
- Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
- Sam Allardyce
- Sam Kerr
- Seattle SeaDogs
- Sebastian Giovinco
- Shaun Goater
- Soony Saad
- Stanley Matthews
- Steve Palacios
- Steve Zakuani
- Steven Gerrard
- Sydney Leroux
- Terry Conroy
- Tobin Heath
- Toronto FC
- United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)
- Whitney Engen
- Álvaro Betancourt
- Former good articles
Resources
edit- League websites
- MLS official website
- MLS Newsstand, with daily links to news articles about the league and teams
- NASL official website
- USL official website
- NPSL official website
- UPSL official website
- CPL official website
- CSL official website
- Pacific Coast Soccer League
- Records
- Canada Soccer Records & Results
- Connaught Series (Dominion of Canada Football Championship)
- Canada Soccer Hall of Fame members
- US National Soccer Hall of Fame
- Historical resources
- Society for American Soccer History resources
- Spalding Guides (1904–1924, annual)
- Bill Graham Guides Collection (1948–1973)